JPH02215316A - Earthing method for raising seedling pot - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To perform earthing of raising seedling pot in high efficiency by transferring the top empty pot one by one from a number of arranged sets of stacked empty ports into a transfer case keeping the arranged state, transporting the pots and earthing the pots using a cover plate having a number of through-holes. CONSTITUTION:A number of stacked pot sets 2 each containing plural stacked empty pots 1 are arranged in a definite state in horizontal direction and put into an empty pot holding case 3. The empty pot 1 is taken out one by one from the top of each stacked pot layer 2 and transferred into a transfer case 4 by an empty pot transfer means 5 keeping the arranged state. The transfer case 4 is transported to an earthing station S2 provided with a cover plate 14 having a number of through-holes 15 arranged in the same manner as the arranged state of the empty pots 1. The soil T in the earthing tank 10 is discharged and deposited on the cover plate 14 through a discharging port 11, scraped off through the through-holes and filled in the empty pots 1 at the same time.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a method for automatically filling an empty pot with soil in order to produce a potted seedling bot for growing flower bouquet seedlings.

[Prior art 1] Conventionally, empty pots for raising seedlings were filled with soil by hand.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] Therefore, the soil-filling work is complicated and requires manpower, and the work efficiency is significantly reduced.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems and to save labor and make the work of filling soil into empty pots more efficient.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention provides for the storage of empty pots from within an empty pot storage case in which a large number of pot stacks each containing a plurality of empty pots are arranged in a constant array in the horizontal direction. The empty pots at the top of each pot stacking layer are taken out one by one, and the group of empty pots is transferred into the transfer case in the same arrangement as the pot stacking layer. The soil is then transported to a soil filling station where a soil filling tank having a soil tank and a cover plate having a large number of through holes arranged in the same manner as the group of empty pots are arranged vertically in parallel. The soil in the holding tank is discharged onto the cover plate through the discharge pipe opening, and then the soil accumulated on the cover plate is scraped off and falls into each empty pot in the transfer case through the through hole. Soil filling method, and a soil filling tank having a large number of discharge ports arranged in the same manner as the group of empty pots, in which a transfer case into which a group of empty pots is transferred in a certain arrangement state is provided. After transporting the soil to the soil filling station where
The gist of the present invention is a soil filling method in which the soil in the soil filling tank is discharged through each of the discharge pipe ports and falls into each empty pot in the transfer case.

[Function] The upper end of each empty pot stacking layer is removed from inside the empty pot storage case in which a large number of empty pot stacking layers in which a plurality of empty pots are stacked are arranged vertically and horizontally in a constant array in the horizontal direction. The first step is to take out the empty pots one by one and transfer them into the transfer case in the same arrangement, transport this transfer case to the soil filling station where a soil filling tank is installed, and remove the soil at this soil filling station. The soil filling work is automatically performed by discharging the soil in the soil filling tank through a discharge pipe provided in the filling tank and dropping the discharged soil into each empty pot in the transfer case. Automate.

[Effect of the invention 1] Since the present invention is configured as described above, the labor required for soil-filling work is reduced and the soil-filling process is labor-saving, and
It has the effect of streamlining the soil pouring work and increasing the productivity of the soil pouring process.

[Example] Next, a first example of an automatic main filling device for seedling pots and a method of filling soil using this device are shown in Fig. 1,
This will be explained according to FIG.

In an automatic main loading device for automatically filling a large number of empty pots with soil for raising seedlings, a plurality of empty bots 1 are placed in each of the transfer stations S1 arranged at one end of the device. A group of empty pots 1 are taken out from inside the empty pot storage case 3 in which a large number of stacked pot layers 2 to 2 stacked with the openings facing upward are housed in a constant arrangement horizontally and vertically. An empty bot transfer mechanism 5 for transferring the bot into the transfer case 4 is installed. This empty pot suspension mechanism 5 is communicated with a suction pump (not shown) via a pipe 7 and moves vertically and horizontally.
A vacuum box 6 is provided, and a large number of suction cups 8 are arranged on the lower surface of the vacuum box 6 in the same manner as the arrangement of the pot stacking layer 2 in the empty pot storage case 3 and communicated with each other in the vacuum box 6. 8 adsorbs each empty pot 1 at the upper end of each pot stack layer 2 in the empty pot storage case 3 one by one and transfers it into the transfer case 4 in the same arrangement state as that of each pot stack layer 2. installed for mounting.

The vacuum box 6 moves vertically in a reciprocating manner to a position directly above the empty pot storage case 3 carried into the transfer station S1, and then horizontally moves to a position directly above the transfer case 4 carried into the transfer station S1. The movement is controlled so that it moves vertically back and forth at a position directly above the empty bot case 3, and then horizontally moves again to a position directly above the empty bot case 3 and returns.

A soil filling station S2 is installed near the center of the conveyor 9, which is installed to transport the transport case 4 into which a group of empty bots 1 have been transferred horizontally. A soil tank 10 in which earthworks are stored is placed above the 11 inverted conveyor 9. A plurality of cylindrical discharge openings 11 are formed protruding from the lower surface of the soil tank 10 to discharge the soil in the soil tank 10 downward, and a bottom plate 10a of the soil tank 10 is provided.
A shutter plate 12, which is driven by an air cylinder (not shown) or the like to open and close each discharge port 11 by sliding on the bottom plate 10a, is placed on the top so that it can move in the horizontal direction.

A cover plate 14 having a large number of through holes 15 through 15 in the same arrangement as the empty pot group in the transfer case 4 is horizontally installed below the upper tank 10. The cover plate 14 is positioned so that each empty pot in the transfer case 4 is arranged slightly below each through hole 15 when the transfer case 4 is transferred to the soil filling station S2.

On the cover plate 14, a scraping plate 16 whose movement is controlled in a direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction of the transfer case 4 while in sliding contact with the upper surface of the cover plate 14 is discharged from the soil filling tank 10 through each discharge port 11 to remove the cover. It is installed to scrape off earthwork accumulated on the plate 14 into each through hole 15.

Then, with the empty pot storage case 3 in which a large number of pot stacking layers 2 are housed and the empty transfer case 4 being transported to the transfer station S1, each pot stack in the empty pot storage case 3 is Each empty bot 1 at the upper end of the layer 2 is sucked to each suction cup 8 of the vacuum box 6 that has descended from a position directly above the empty pot storage case 3, and is horizontally transferred to a position directly above the transfer case, and then lowered and vacuumed. At the descending end of the box 6, each suction cup 8 that has entered into the transfer case 4 is detached, and a group of empty pots 1 are transferred from the empty pot storage case 3 to the transfer case 4 while maintaining a constant arrangement state. Ru.

Subsequently, the transfer case 4 into which a group of empty bots 1 have been transferred is pushed to the transfer station S of the transfer conveyor 9.
It is placed on the first side end and is transported by the transport conveyor 9 to the soil filling station S2. When the transfer case 4 is transferred to the soil filling station S2, the transfer conveyor 9 is stopped by a command from a sensor (not shown), and the transfer case 4 is moved so that each empty bot 1 faces each through hole 15 of the cover plate 14. stop in the state. When the transfer case 4 is conveyed to the soil filling station S1 and stopped, the shirt top plate 12 moves back and forth, and a certain amount of earthwork is discharged from the soil filling tank 10 through each discharge port 11 and deposited on the cover plate 14. In this state, the scraping plate 16 moves back and forth while slidingly contacting the upper surface of the cover plate 14, and the earthwork on the cover plate 14 is scraped off by the scraping plate 16, passing through each through hole 15 to each empty bot 1 in the transfer case 4. Seedling raising bots P- are filled with soil T inside each empty bot 1.
P is produced. When the scraping plate 16 returns to its original position,
The conveyor 9 is driven again, the transfer case 4 containing one group of seedling pots is carried out from the soil filling station S2, and the transfer case 4 with one group of empty bots 1 transferred thereto is newly transferred. The soil is transported from the loading station S1 to the soil filling station S2, and the above series of operations is repeated.

Therefore, it is possible to reduce the labor required for the soil pouring work, thereby saving labor in the soil pouring process, and to make the soil pouring work more efficient, thereby increasing the productivity of the soil pouring process.

Next, the automatic master training device of the second embodiment and the automatic training method using this device will be explained with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4.

In the automatic transfer device of this example, the transfer station S1
The empty pot transfer mechanism 5 is configured similarly to the first embodiment,
At the transfer station S1, as in the first embodiment, 1111 points are placed from the top of each bottling layer 2 in the empty pot storage case 3.
A group of empty bots 1 taken out one by one are transferred into the transfer case 4 in the same arrangement.

In the soil filling station S2, a soil filling tank 10A in which earthworks for raising seedlings are stored is installed so as to be movable up and down, and on the bottom surface of this soil filling tank IOA there are arranged the empty pots in the same arrangement as the empty pot group in the transfer case 4. In this state, a large number of cylindrical discharge ports 11A to 11A are arranged vertically and horizontally in the horizontal direction and communicated with the soil filling tank 10, respectively, and are formed to protrude vertically.

Each discharge tube port 11A is removably attached to the bottom plate 10aA of the soil tank IOA by means such as screwing, in order to measure and discharge a certain amount of soil suitable for each empty bot 1 of each size, and Each discharge tube opening 11A is set so that a certain amount of soil equal to the appropriate soil filled in the empty bot 1 is filled into the discharge tube opening 11A, and when the size of the empty bot 1 is changed, each discharge tube opening 11A are replaced with respective discharge cylinder ports 11A of sizes suitable for the changed empty pots. On the bottom plate 10aA of the soil filling tank 10A, a shirt plate 12A is provided with a plurality of through holes 17 to 17 arranged in the same manner as the discharge tube ports 11A in order to open and close the respective discharge tube ports 11A at the same time. This shirt board 1 is installed so that it can be moved around.
2A always closes each discharge tube opening 11A, and is driven and controlled so that when the soil filling tank 10A descends to the lower end, each discharge tube opening 11A is opened and closed by reciprocating movement, and the soil is removed by the reciprocating movement of the shirt flap plate 12A. A fixed amount of 10T is discharged from the holding tank 10A through each discharge port 11A.

Then, at the transfer station S1, the transfer case 4 into which a group of empty bots 1 have been transferred is conveyed to the soil filling station S2 by the conveyor 9, and each empty bot 1 is transferred to each discharge port 11A of the soil filling tank 10. When the soil filling tank 10A is lowered and each discharge tube port 11A enters each empty bot 1 in the transfer case 4 and stops in a state where they are in contact with the bottom of each empty bot 1, In this state, the shirt top plate 12A reciprocates to temporarily open and close each discharge port 11A, and the soil T in the soil container 10A falls into each discharge port 11A. Each of them is filled with a certain amount of soil T, and as the soil filling tank 10A rises, each discharge port 11 is filled with a certain amount of soil.
Each earthwork is discharged from inside A and falls into each empty bot 1,
Each empty bot 1 is filled with a certain amount of earthwork measured by each discharge tube opening 11A, thereby producing seedling raising bots PP each containing a predetermined amount of soil.

When the soil filling tank IOA returns to its original position, the conveyor 9 is driven again, and the transfer case 4 containing the group of seedling pots 8P is carried out from the soil filling station S2, and one group of empty pots 1 is placed inside. The transferred transfer case 4 is newly transferred from the transfer station S1 to the soil filling station S2, and the above series of operations is repeated.

Therefore, the empty pots at the upper end of each of the stacked empty pots WI2 are taken out one by one from the empty pot storage case 3 in which a large number of stacked empty pot layers 2 are stored, and transferred into the transfer case 4 in the same arrangement. the operation of transporting the transfer case 4 to the soil filling station S2 where the soil filling tank IOA is installed, and the operation of discharging the earthwork from the soil filling tank 10A through each discharge tube opening 11A at the soil filling station S2. The operation of dropping the soil T into each empty bot 1 in the transfer case 4, and carrying out the transfer case 4 containing the group of seedling raising bots 8P from the soil filling station S2.
It is possible to fully automate the soil-filling work by automatically following J-cropping, reducing the labor required for soil-filling work and saving labor in the soil-filling process. This has the effect of increasing the productivity of the process and also equalizing the amount of soil filled into each empty pot 1.

So, Figure 1 is a side view of the 0 Hatsu Shoninre device, Figure 2 (^),
(B) and (C) are front sectional views of main parts showing the soil filling operation in order, Figures 3 and 4 show the second embodiment of the present invention, and Figure 3 is a longitudinal cross-section of the soil filling mechanism. Front view, Figure 4 (A),
(B) is a vertical sectional view of a main part showing the soil filling operation in order.

1...Empty pot 2...Pot stacking layer 3... Empty pot storage case 4...transport case 10.10A...Soil tank 11.11A...Discharge tube mouth 14...Cover plate 15...Through hole Sl...Transfer station S2...Soil filling station

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) From within an empty pot storage case in which a large number of stacked pot layers each containing a plurality of empty pots are housed in a constant array in the horizontal direction, empty pots are placed at the upper end of each of the stacked pot layers. A group of empty pots are taken out one by one and transferred into a transfer case in the same arrangement as the pot stacking layer, and then this transfer case is connected to a soil tank having a discharge tube opening and the group of empty pots. The soil in the soil tank is transported to a soil filling station where cover plates having a large number of through holes arranged in the same manner as the empty pots are arranged vertically, and then the soil in the soil tank is transferred to the discharge tube opening. The seedling raising pot is characterized in that the soil is discharged onto the cover plate through the through hole, and then soil accumulated on the cover plate is scraped off and dropped into each empty pot in the transfer case through the through hole. How to put soil in. (2) The transfer case according to claim 1, into which a group of empty pots is transferred in a constant arrangement, is transferred to a container having a large number of discharge ports arranged in the same manner as the group of empty pots. The soil is transported to a soil-filling station where a soil-filling tank is installed, and then the soil in the soil-filling tank is discharged through each of the discharge pipe ports and falls into each empty pot in the transfer case. How to fill soil for seedling pots.